Public Works: Latest news

Hanley Wood, USGBC Establish a Strategic Partnership with Greenbuild

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:13:34 EST

Hanley Wood LLC, the premier media, event, information and strategic marketing services company serving the construction industry and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced today a strategic partnership whereby Hanley Wood has acquired the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo.

Disinfection byproducts rule drives demand for activated carbon

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:17:33 EST

U.S. demand for virgin and reactivated activated carbon is expected to increase 11% annually to 1.3 billion pounds worth $1.35 billion in 2017.

9 ways to protect fleet technicians from possible death

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:58:32 EST

"We strongly recommend a disciplined approach to ensure complete operator safety," says Stertil-Koni USA Inc. President Jean DellAmore. The vehicle lift manufacturer's research finds that requiring these nine steps enhances technician safety.

Buckeye’s Fleet Management Division in North America’s Top 100 for fifth straight year

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:07:51 EST

For the fifth straight year, the Town of Buckeye’s Fleet Management Division was named to the Top 100 Fleet Management Divisions in North America.

Dewberry acquires Florida-based Bowyer-Singleton

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:01:24 EST

Dewberry, a privately held architecture, engineering, and consulting company, has announced the acquisition of Bowyer-Singleton & Associates, Inc.

Rancho California Water District to install their 46th hypochlorite generator

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:51:12 EST

The Rancho California Water District (RCWD) has gradually been replacing all of their gas chlorine disinfection with MicrOclor on-site hypochlorite generators manufactured by Process Solutions, Inc. (PSI).

Water district to install 46th hypochlorite generator

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:56:31 EST

By the end of the summer, the Rancho California Water District’s Elm Street Pump Station will be operating the agency’s first vertical-cell sodium hypochlorite generator for reclaimed water. The principal application will be irrigation for a sports park and golf courses.

Can anyone tell me what this person’s referring to?

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:40:29 EST

He (or she) responded to my note about whether public works departments are using consultants more or less because of the Great Recession with this: No; we hired our consulting engineer to tell us the best, and hopefully least costly, way to solve a sewer sag problem.

Streetlighting consultants arrested for cheating Pa. cities

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:03:29 EST

Two Municipal Energy Managers employees are charged with a felony for taking payments but not maintaining streetlights in Allentown, Bethlehem, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and now Richland.

Senate OKs first Army Corps of Engineers funding bill in six years

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:59:32 EST

There's one more hoop to jump through: The U.S. House of Representatives. Some representatives think the Senate's $12.2 billion Water Resources Development Act reauthorization gives the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers too much leeway on project selection.

The 100 best government fleets in North America

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:59:31 EST

Congratulations to the familiar faces among the winners. Is your department on the list?

Obama accelerates state, local public works project permitting

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:58:30 EST

President Obama has signed a memo with the intention of speeding up the federal permitting process for construction of infrastructure projects.

Disinfection byproducts rule drives demand for activated carbon

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:05:26 EST

U.S. demand for virgin and reactivated activated carbon is expected to increase 11% annually to 1.3 billion pounds worth $1.35 billion in 2017.

Traffic Signals Barely Make the Grade

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:41:08 EST

The latest National Transportation Operations Coalition assessment shows that cities, counties, and states are slowly but surely improving traffic signal management and operation despite the usual continued challenges.

The 10 most innovative parking cities in the U.S.

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:03:59 EST

San Francisco, Seattle, and New York lead in parking innovation; LA, DC, Portland,Ore., Miami, Houston, Boston, Denver, Pittsburgh, and Tampa also are named as cities that are re-thinking parking with technology and new approaches.

State and local governments lead the way in US infrastructure delivery

Fri, 17 May 2013 02:40:54 EST

New global report from the Urban Land Institute and Ernst & Young highlights the critical role of local and state governments in meeting US infrastructure requirements.

Federal court shoots down Texas flow-control ordinance

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:08:06 EST

Settlement allows court ruling to stand: collection companies may dispose of waste where it makes the most economic sense (including their own landfills), not at government-mandated locations.

National Public Works Week begins on Sunday!

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:56:07 EST

Why are people always so surprised at how nice public works people are?!

Video: Cut $500,000 in inflow and infiltration costs

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:32:23 EST

“New” technology, such as cured-in-place pipe, isn’t necessarily “better” for structurally repairing water and sewer pipelines.

Video: How to build a 10-lane highway bridge in 13 months

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:28:39 EST

The Minneapolis bridge that tragically collapsed in 2007 was replaced in one-third the usual time, a deadline that required using concretes for which Minnesota DOT had no specifications.